Membrane architecture with ion-conducting channels through swift heavy ion induced graft copolymerization

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (47) ◽  
pp. 24826-24835 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Sproll ◽  
M. Handl ◽  
R. Hiesgen ◽  
K. A. Friedrich ◽  
T. J. Schmidt ◽  
...  

Swift heavy ions create tracks of activated material in a polymer film for subsequent modification to form proton conducting channels.

2013 ◽  
Vol 341 ◽  
pp. 129-141 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kalpana Sharma ◽  
Neetu ◽  
Anupam ◽  
Shyam Kumar

t is well established that the properties of the materials can be tailored as per specific requirements as a result of swift heavy ion irradiation. This is because of the radiation damage induced changes in the properties of the materials as a result of the energy loss process of the incident ions along their trajectory. In order to correlate such induced changes with the energy loss of the impinging ions, the exact evaluation of energy loss for swift ions in different materials is extremely important. Keeping in mind the polymers as versatile materials, in the present work, we have focused on energy loss calculations for swift heavy ions with Z= 3-29 in different polymeric absorbers, e.g. Polypropylene PP (C3H6), Polycarbonate PC (C16H14O3), Polyethylene terepthalate PET (C10H8O4), Polyethylene naphthalate PEN (C7H5O2), Diethylene glycol bis (allyl carbonate) CR-39 (C12H18O7), Cellulose nitrate LR-115 (C6H9O9N2) and Polypyromellitimide KAPTON (C22H10O5N2) in the energy range 0.5-6.00 MeV/n. The present calculations have been made by employing the proper energy loss formulation applicable both at low as well as high energies, involving a new approach for effective charge parameterization without any empirical/semi-empirical means. A close agreement between these calculated and experimentally measured values has been observed. Such calculations will provide an input towards the modeling or simulation for swift heavy ion induced changes in the properties of materials.


2011 ◽  
Vol 1354 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sevilay Akcöltekin ◽  
Hanna Bukowska ◽  
Ender Akcöltekin ◽  
Henning Lebius ◽  
Marika Schleberger

ABSTRACTSwift heavy ion induced modifications on graphene were investigated by means of atomic force microscopy and Raman spectroscopy. For the experiment graphene was exfoliated onto different substrates (SrTiO3 (100), TiO2(100), Al2O3(1102) and 90 nm SiO2/Si) by the standard technique. After irradiation with heavy ions of 93 MeV kinetic energy and under glancing angles of incidence, characteristic folding structures are observed. The folding patterns on crystalline substrates are generally larger and are created with a higher efficiency than on the amorphous SiO2. This difference is attributed to the relatively large distance between graphene and SiO2 of d ≈ 1 nm.


1988 ◽  
Vol 128 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. C. Jousset ◽  
E. Balanzat ◽  
S. Bouffard ◽  
M. Toulemonde

In the last five years, the use of GeV heavy ions, such as those accelerated at GANIL, has lead to a breakthrough in the knowledge of the effects induced by the huge energy deposition which occurs during the slowing down of a swift heavy ion in matter.


1998 ◽  
Vol 540 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.J. Zinkle ◽  
Hj. Matzke ◽  
V.A. Skuratov

AbstractPlan view and cross-section transmission electron microscopy was used to investigate the microstructure of magnesium aluminate spinel (MgAl2O4) following room temperature irradiation with either 430 MeV Kr, 614 MeV Xe, or 72 MeV I ions. The fluences ranged from 1×1016/m2 (single track regime) to 1×1020/m2. Destruction of the ordered spinel crystal structure on both the anion and cation sublattices was observed in the ion tracks at low fluences. At intermediate fluences, the overlapping ion tracks induced the formation of a new metastable crystalline phase. Amorphization with a volumetric expansion of ∼35% was observed in spinel irradiated with swift heavy ions (electronic stopping powers >7 keV/nm) at fluences above 1×1019/m2. These results demonstrate that swift heavy ion radiation can induce microstructural changes not achievable with conventional elastic collision irradiation at comparable temperatures.


2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (19) ◽  
pp. 10413-10424 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karun Kumar Jana ◽  
Amit K. Thakur ◽  
Vinod K. Shahi ◽  
Devesh K. Avasthi ◽  
Dipak Rana ◽  
...  

Through channels in thin polymer/nanohybrid films have been made by irradiating with high energy swift heavy ions (SHI) followed by selective chemical etching of the amorphous zone in the latent track created by SHI during the bombardment.


2017 ◽  
Vol 121 (1) ◽  
pp. 975-981 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ritesh Sachan ◽  
Valentino R. Cooper ◽  
Bin Liu ◽  
Dilpuneet S. Aidhy ◽  
Brian K. Voas ◽  
...  

2002 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 467-470 ◽  
Author(s):  
GILLES MAYNARD

In this article, we analyze the sensitivity of the charge and energy distribution of a swift heavy ion beam interacting with a dense plasma on the thermodynamic and dynamic properties of the target. We study more particularly partially ionized carbon targets in which both the bound and the free electrons yield a significant contribution to the stopping. The emphasis is put on direct and indirect correlation between charge transfer and stopping. We show that nonlinearities, appearing in the interaction process for heavy ions, increase the dependency of the stopping on the plasma properties, indicating that diagnostics based on the analysis of the beam ions can provide valuable information on the target properties.


2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 19
Author(s):  
William F. Cureton ◽  
Cameron L. Tracy ◽  
Maik Lang

Cerium dioxide (CeO2) exhibits complex behavior when irradiated with swift heavy ions. Modifications to this material originate from the production of atomic-scale defects, which accumulate and induce changes to the microstructure, chemistry, and material properties. As such, characterizing its radiation response requires a wide range of complementary characterization techniques to elucidate the defect formation and stability over multiple length scales, such as X-ray and neutron scattering, optical spectroscopy, and electron microscopy. In this article, recent experimental efforts are reviewed in order to holistically assess the current understanding and knowledge gaps regarding the underlying physical mechanisms that dictate the response of CeO2 and related materials to irradiation with swift heavy ions. The recent application of novel experimental techniques has provided additional insight into the structural and chemical behavior of irradiation-induced defects, from the local, atomic-scale arrangement to the long-range structure. However, future work must carefully account for the influence of experimental conditions, with respect to both sample properties (e.g., grain size and impurity content) and ion-beam parameters (e.g., ion mass and energy), to facilitate a more direct comparison of experimental results.


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